This is awesome! I appreciate all the comments. Is Neil the most technical guitarist....heck no, but he certainly knows how to coax emotion from a guitar. As the father of a wonderful daughter who is quite musical btw, one of my favorites has always been "I am a child". I saw Neil live during his left turn with the Shocking Pinks. During that show I sat front row. Neil did a short set of his older tunes just he and his guitar. As he moved to stage left he looked right at me and we held that gaze for a few brief moments. It was one of the best concert experiences I ever had. Someone mentioned Mark Knopfler as the greatest guitarist alive today. Hard to argue with that and I tend to agree. Someone also mentioned Mr. Steve Howe who has always been one of my favorites. Howe is technically and musically gifted and certainly willing to pass along his skills to other musicians.
Neil Young - Guitarist
We all know Neil for his outstanding songwriting skills and some may even recognize his talents with a guitar but is he underrated? in 2015 Rolling Stone ranked him as number 17 of 100 greatest guitarists of all time. Can anyone pull more raw emotion out of a guitar than Neil?
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